[Skimmertalk] Archive?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> To expand on that thought, while FCC doesn't require Morse 
> skills to obtain a license, there are two band segments where 
> Morse is the only mode that FCC allows you to use. 

And neither the FCC nor any other "organization" prohibits you 
from using CW decoders on those bands.  The FCC only restricts 
the modulation method used there. 

> but that does not in any manner prevent a contest sponsor from 
> defining a category that requires me to do so.  <=

If you want to split hairs, under ADA any US based sponsor could 
probably not get a way with a category that prohibited CW Decoders 
because it denied access to the handicapped and violates the 
requirement of "reasonable accommodation."  While that is not 
presently an issue, the principle has some validity. 




> -----Original Message-----
> From: K0HB [mailto:k-zero-hb at earthlink.net] 
> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 5:46 PM
> To: David Gilbert; W4TV Joe Subich; skimmertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Skimmertalk] Archive?
> 
> 
> >
> > =>   I am legally allowed to operate an amateur radio 
> station without 
> > being able to copy a single letter of Morse code, but that 
> does not in
> > any manner prevent a contest sponsor from defining a category that 
> > requires me to do so.  <=
> >
> > 73,
> > Dave   AB7E
> >
> 
> To expand on that thought, while FCC doesn't require Morse 
> skills to obtain a license, there are two band segments where 
> Morse is the only mode that FCC allows you to use.  
> 
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
> 
> 
>